PG-BKK-PG PART IV

DAY SIX 24/8/2006

Woke up with heavy heart, then had the same breakfast... check out.
Total cost for the room - 4 days 3 nights Bht 4,200

Took pictures infront of the hotel



Bangkok morning jam was not so bad this time. Tokwan just make one stop to ask for direction :-D

After came out from Bangkok, we stopped for refuel (Bht100). Then refuel again at Pracap Kiri Khan... stopped for a lunch at the same restaurant.


TokWan started to feel his age



Then we continue our way to Chumpon. Refuel again (Bht 300). Mus decided to continue riding alone to Pattani.. young guy.. still has good back.

Initially, we thought of finding a cheap chalet at Chumpon beachfront but can't find any.. except the expensive resort. No point staying there since we are going to move out early morning. So turned back to the same Chumpon Grand Palace..

Chumpon beachfront



Share 3 peoples in one room (Note to wife: Another proof I was good there)


That nite, we ronda2 around Chumpon town... went to one Karaoke centre. Damn cheap... only Bht100 per room per hour.. The sound system is not bad at all.. After one hour went back to sleep.

DAY SEVEN 25/8/2006

Woke up about 9am.. had breakfast of bread and boiled egg, then check out

Infront of the hotel



Stopped for fuel at Lang Suen (Bht 200)and then had our lunch at Chaiya.. same restaurant.

We decided to try another route ie through Surat Thani.. Refuel at Surat Thani (Bht200).. saw a lot of muslim restaurant there.

We stopped for fruits at Ban Na Doem


Before Nakhon Si Thamarat, we stopped at a small fishermen village at Tha Sala.. for some dry seafoods shopping..



According to one old man there (Can speak kelantanese), there only three Buddhist house there, others all Muslim...

At Nakhon Si Thammarat, we refuel again (Bht200).. the weather was really hot with occasional splash of rain.. felt damn tired and sleepy, so had to stop couple of time to shrug off the sleep..

We continue our way to Songkhla and fill our last refuel at Ban Prathing Sa (Bht 120) Through Tsinsulanonda bridge... such beautiful scenary, but I was too tired to stop & take pictures..

We finally reached Danok around 9pm. Pak Aji had to continue back home straight away. Tomorrow he already started working.. I & TokWan check in at the same hotel ie PJ House.. We started as Four Musketter, then Three Stooges & finally as Tom & Jerry....

The end.

PG-BKK-PG PART 3

DAY 4 22/8/2006

Today no ride... woke up and had a breakfast in the hotel - used coupon. Only dare to eat bread, cereal and 1/2 boiled egg. Lain2 don't know halal or not.

Around 10.30am, xxx took us in her car to see her newly bought house. Cantik gak.. 3 storey link house. Price around bht 1.3mio or isit 2.3mio.. forgot liou



Then xxx took us to her office to park her car. Her office is right infront the famous street.. gotta check tonite.



Then went jalan-jalan until we stopped for a lunch at one muslim restaurant.... if not mistaken the owner is a mamak but serves Thai food... soodaappp..



Then we took a taxi (5 ppl per taxi) to one of their King's palace or better know as The Grand Palace. It is at Chao Phraya... Tourist has to pay Bht250/person... while Thai ppl F.O.C...

enjoy the pictures.. click to enlarge



One of the picture above shows restoration process done by Thai young artist. Took about 1 year to complete. Better than 'merempit' malam2.

After that we went to take a water taxi at Chao Phraya river.. cost per head was Bht13. Then followed by sky train to xxx's office.. I was already flat...


By the time we reached there, it was already getting dark.. I, Pak Aji & Mus decided to stay around for some 'shopping'. While TokWan went back to the hotel.

We didn't take any pictures there because scared get robbed & also don't know whether 'pengulat2' there allows us to take pictures.. anyway shopping at PatPong is like in Petaling Street.. except the sellers there are much more civilised compare to the thugs in Petaling Street (Note: Tourist.. please avoid Petaling Street in KL at all cost.. You get slaughtered & forced to buy at cut throat prices). The shopping is done in the middle of the street, while all the bars are located left & right... You could see some of the actions whenever somebody walk in or out.. so for us, no need to waste our money while we were able to see from outside ;)
(Note to wife: See.. I was a good boy there.. trust me *evil grin*)

We were busy shopping until we didn't realised it was already 10.30pm.. so, we took a tuk tuk who charged us abt Bht150 to go back to the hotel. The Tuk Tuk driver really speeding along the way.. there was one time, he had to apply emergency brake until it slided in the middle of the road in order not to run the red light.. Pak Aji really 'pucat' while we 'young ppl' had the time of our life.. it was like riding a roller coaster. Then while speeding.. krraaakkkk.... wakakakakak the Tuk Tuk abruptly stopped.. we don't know whether the belt or the chain snapped .... terus mati tengah jalan.. we had to stopped another Tuk Tuk to take us back to the hotel. Sampai hotel..mandi2.. sembahyang.. terus bummmmm.....




DAY FIVE 23/08/2006

Woke up.. breakfast (same like yesterday), then went down to look at the bikes..washed a bit, really dusty...



See... we got VIP treatment from the hotel.. our bikes all parked on the covered parking infront of the hotel security..

Then, xxx took us to Paddock nearby the hotel. The shop is selling all bikes related stuff and mostly branded stuff.. like RS Taichi, Kushitani, Shoei, Arai, Shark etc.. the price is ok la compare to KL. I bought TShirts, glove and Progrip handle cover.

Then xxx took us to muslim housing area.. next time could consider this place to stay.. service apartment only cost Bht4,000 per month.. one week might only cost Bht2,000.. easy to find halal foods.. safe if took family here.. couldn't see any massage parlour.. :-P

Then we went to Siam Superbike to look see the bikes there.. it was raining heavily.. Then went back to the hotel

That nite after dinner, just sembang2 in the room until fell asleep... tomorrow we're going back.... uuuwwwaaaaa

Ride Penang - Bangkok - Penang (19/8 -25/8/2006) Part II

Third Day 21/8

Early morning about Thai5.30am, we'd check out and move out from Chumpon



On the 3rd day, I forgot to remember how much I spent on the petrol, but all in all was about bht640




This pee-stop was between Tha Sae and Thap Sake


Tokwan was contemplating to change his ER5 with this multipurpose kapchai

We stopped for lunch at Pracap Khiri Khan, Kak Fatimah's restaurant... She has pretty daughters.. we tried to push Mus to tackle her daughter but I don't think Kak Fatimah would love to take Mus as SIL.. looking at his body, most probably Mus might depleted more rice rather than provide ..Muahahaha


More pictures at Kak Fatimah's eatery


More pictures at Kak Fatimah's eatery






Another pee-stop between Sam Roi Yot and Hua Hin





Stopped at Cha Am


Another picture at Cha Am

dan Hua Hin


At Hua Hin beach

To 'park' yourself underneath the umbrella, you'd to pay Bht20.. There are a lot of hawkers on foot selling seafoods stuff at reasonable price.. It was nice dozing off on the beach chair until TokWan spoilt it with intruction to move on... haampeehhh...


The first Petronas station we met upon reaching Bangkok.. really proud lehh

We entered Bangkok town around 4.30pm, the notorious Bangkok jam had started.. with big ass scoot, add with two saddle bags.. I could only looked at those kapchai with envy...



We're lucky TokWan was so easy to ask direction..




After nearly two hours negotiating the Bangkok traffic, finally we reached Siam Beverly Hotel, Ratchadapisek street.


The night scene... just walked around the hotel street before headed to bed.. yawwnnnn

Ride Penang - Bangkok - Penang (19/8 -25/8/2006)

First Day 19/8/2008

Iron Butt warriors who participated:-

1) TokWan – ER5
2) Pak Aji – ZZR250
3) Mustaqim – Naza250
4) TokSkoot – Tmax500

Sharp at 6 pm, we start our engine and moved from Restoren Pelita Sg Dua, followed by TokMohoni until we reached the exit to Penang bridge. Our ride followed the formation as above, Tokwan as lead marsyall while yours truly act as sweeper/last man. We refuel at Gurun R&R and continue until Changlun to purchase Thai Insurance & Road Tax and also buy Thai currency. Exchange rate at that time was RM1 = 10.15Bht. Then we moved to Petronas Changlun to fill our motorcycle as maximum as possible... petrol cost about RM2.92/ltr in Thailand compare to RM1.92/ltr in Malaysia.

We continue our ride to Bukit Kayu Hitam border check point.Clearance from Malaysia side was smooth. You don't even have to get down from your bike to process your passport.


At Thai Checkpoint

On Thailand side, the traffic were quite heavy. Must be because of the weekend and malaysian took the opportunity to shopping & entertain themselves here.Like a friend of mine said in jest, Thailand has a lot of orphan who need Malaysian kind heart to give charity ;D

At Thai checkpoint, you need to park your vehicle and process your passport at one dedicated counter. After completed, you'll need to go to another counter to register your vehicle. Make sure you bring the original copy of your vehicle registration or a verified copy (verified by local police station).

After completed the requirement, we went to check in at P.J. Hotel. The room cost Bht700/night shared by three of us. It consist of 1 queen bed and 1 single bed.

Second Day 20/8/2006



As early as 6am (Thai),we checked out from PJ House Hotel and moved to Chumpon thru route 4 dan 41. Stop for refuel at Haadyai outskirt(bht100).




Then stop again for refuel at Pa Phayom (bht170)



Another refuel stop at Ban Na Doem (bht230)


Stop for lunch at Chaiya

We found this small muslim restaurant by accident. We stopped by the roadside to relieve numb butt and saw a restaurant with moon and star sign, an indication that this is muslim restaurant. Such a nice muslim family.. even invited us to take bath in their small bathroom....or maybe because we stank :D

We stopped to overnight at Chumpon after refuel again at Lang Suan (bht250).The room at Chumpon Grand Palace cost us bht690/night. Again shared by three of us. Quite cheap compare to Malaysia, which would cost easily more than RM100 per night.



The view from 14th floor




We had our dinner at one of muslim restaurant located in front of Chumpon wet market. The owner is a Pattani origin, married with a Pakistani. Very cheap.. only cost us about bht50 per person.




With the restaurant owner's children

Nite Ride

Normally, every friday nite our group will meet at one Nasi Kandar restaurant. We either tok kok all nite or ride somewhere... depend on mood.

Couple of weeks ago, one good soul, also a biker treat us for a round of Mee Udang (Prawn Mee) at Sungai Dua.

Lunch Ride On Top of Banjaran Titiwangsa

Yesterday, during weekend, me and my riding buddies rode our trusted bike to have an early lunch on top of Banjaran Titiwangsa. Banjaran Titiwangsa is the main range that divided Peninsula Malaysia into east and west. It runs from the Malaysian-Thai border in the north right up to the state of Negeri Sembilan. What make it one of bikers heaven is the winding road that will surely test your bike handling capability and also your skill.

Riders on this trip :-

1) Yours Truly - Yamaha TMax 500
2) Mohoni - Suzuki RF600
3) Khalid - Honda Shadow 600
4) Shahrul - Naza Blade 250
5) Zahir - Kawa ZZR250
6) Supermag - Honda Magna VS750C


















Lovely.. lovely scenary left and right. Such peaceful feeling that make you wish it could go on and on forever.

YOUNG BIKERS

KUALA LUMPUR: Tiga beradik murid sekolah rendah di Desa Pandan di sini, yang menunggang motosikal kecil (pocket bike) dan mini skuter di jalan raya untuk ke sekolah ditahan dan diberi amaran oleh Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) petang semalam..

Murid perempuan Tahun Enam itu menaiki mini skuter, manakala adik lelakinya murid Tahun Lima menunggang motosikal kecil yang dibonceng adik perempuan mereka (Tahun Satu).

Mereka ditahan ketika pulang dari sekolah. Bagaimanapun murid itu hanya diberi amaran supaya tidak menaiki kenderaan itu ke sekolah.

Pengarah JPJ Wilayah Persekutuan, Amir Abdul Hamid, berkata perbuatan itu menyalahi undang-undang dan boleh mengundang kemalangan jika berada di jalan raya.

“Kita memandang serius penggunaan motosikal ini, bukan kerana saiznya yang jauh berbeza dengan kenderaan bermotor lain, tetapi ia tidak layak berada di jalan raya.

“Peraturan JPJ jelas iaitu setiap kenderaan bermotor perlu didaftar terlebih dulu dengan jabatan ini jika ingin berada di atas jalan raya,” katanya.

“Dalam hal ini, motosikal berkenaan langsung tidak boleh didaftar kerana tidak mematuhi ciri keselamatan. Ia seperti kenderaan buggy di kelab golf hanya kegunaan kawasan dalaman rekreasi,” katanya di sini, semalam.

Operasi itu dilakukan kira-kira jam 1 petang semalam selepas JPJ Wilayah Persekutuan menerima aduan orang ramai yang melihat murid menunggang motosikal kecil berkenaan di atas jalan raya sejak sebulan lalu.

Dalam tinjauan hampir setengah jam itu, dua kanak-kanak sekolah lelaki dan perempuan menunggang motosikal berkuasa petrol manakala kakak mereka menaiki mini skuter berkuasa bateri di tengah kesibukan kenderaan yang lalu lalang.

Sebagai langkah keselamatan, mereka dilarang menaiki motosikal itu oleh anggota JPJ terbabit, yang kemudian dihantar pulang ke rumah dengan kenderaan jabatan berkenaan.

Amir berkata, tindakan tegas akan diambil terhadap ibu bapa kanak-kanak terbabit sekiranya masih membenarkan anak mereka menunggang motosikal berkenaan.

“Saya mengingatkan ibu bapa supaya jangan mengambil sikap sambil lewa dengan membenarkan anak mereka menunggang kenderaan bermotor tanpa lesen dan pada masa sama kenderaan itu tidak dibenarkan berada di jalan raya.

“Tindakan sita kenderaan dan saman ke atas ibu bapa boleh dikenakan sekiranya anak mereka terus mengulangi perbuatan berkenaan,” katanya.